Hazards of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Elderly Women

Abstract

Evaluation of: Sidhu RB, Brown JR, Robb JF et al.: Interaction of gender and age on post cardiac catheterization contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Am. J. Cardiol. 102(11), 1482–1486 (2008). A total of 13,127 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography with complete data were grouped by age and gender into four age categories (<50, 51–64, 65–79 and >80 years). Rates of postcatheterization contrast-induced acute kidney injury were higher for women compared with men in the 65–79 years (14.5 vs 11.0%; p < 0.001) and over 80 years (18.7 vs 15.1%; p = 0.048) age groups.